First I would like to say that I'd like to do the Lincoln-Douglas debate style for this debate. I will allow my opponent to go first and present the PRO case. Then I will present my case and we will debate from there. Thank you for debating and I look forward to our rounds together....

This was the Public Forum topic for November 2008(this was my first debate topic ever) thanks for debating! best of luck! The United States should not have a universal healthcare system modeled after the French. Even though the French run a pretty efficient system, the United States couldn't replicate it perfectly due to flaws in the way they run their system and the differences of the two countries. So, this would make it nearly impossible to replicate here without reforming the ways of the Fr...